34 You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who are with me.(A)

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34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.(A)

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12 we labor, working(A) with our own hands.(B) When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

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12 We work hard with our own hands.(A) When we are cursed, we bless;(B) when we are persecuted,(C) we endure it;

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15 For my part I have used none of these rights, nor have I written these things that they may be applied in my case. For it would be better for me to die than for anyone to deprive me of my boast!

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15 But I have not used any of these rights.(A) And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.(B)

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Or did I commit a sin by humbling(A) myself so that you might be exalted,(B) because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?(C)

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Was it a sin(A) for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God(B) to you free of charge?(C)

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13 So in what way are you worse off than the other churches, except that I personally did not burden you? Forgive me for this wrong!

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13 How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you?(A) Forgive me this wrong!(B)

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For you remember our labor and hardship, brothers and sisters. Working(A) night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you.

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Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked(A) night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone(B) while we preached the gospel of God to you.

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we did not eat(A) anyone’s food free of charge;(B) instead, we labored(C) and toiled,(D) working(E) night and day, so that we would not be a burden(F) to any of you.

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nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked(A) night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

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